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Kylian Mbappe has decided to stay at Paris Saint-Germain this summer, which will probably delay any transfer to Real Madrid until next summer.Mbappe is in the final year of his PSG contract and the club's failure to agree on a new deal with the 2018 World Cup winner would make him available as a free agent, with Real likely to be ready and waiting to receive him after years of mutual admiration.Mbappe leaving PSG next summer is still a very real possibility, but at the moment he is staying.The information is credited to the…

Tottenham striker Harry Kane is believed to feel that chairman Daniel Levy is refraining from a 'gentleman's agreement' that was made this summer by refuting Manchester City's transfer interest.Kane has become frustrated in his boys' club as a result of failure to challenge big trophies and made his desire to leave known for the hierarchy at the end of last season.The 28-year-old then did not sign up for training when it was expected earlier this month and was not in the squad for the season's opening game - ironically a…

Barcelona are believed to have offered Lionel Messi's iconic jersey number 10 to Philippe Coutinho, who is currently not assigned a team number at Camp Nou.Barça have been required to withdraw Messi's jersey after his departure to Paris Saint-Germain, but until others like Miralem Pjanic and Samuel Umtiti leave, it is currently the only number still available in the first team squad, where jerseys run from 1 -24.Coutinho carried 14 for Barça last season after his old number seven was previously awarded to Antoine Griezmann.…

Sassuolo and Italian star Manuel Locatelli have arrived in Turin to undergo a medical before his long-awaited 35 million euros to Juventus. The 23-year-old has been expected to complete a transfer to the Italian giants all summer, but Bianconeri struggled to match Neroverdi's price tag for the midfielder. ? Ready to get started! ? @ locamanuel73 pic.twitter.com/q4BM5XTVhB- JuventusFC (@juventusfcen) August 18, 2021But Juve closed a deal worth 35 million euros plus surcharges for Locatelli on Tuesday, and the Euro 2020…

Tammy Abraham said playing for Chelsea was something he 'always dreamed of as a child' when the striker sent an emotional farewell message to the Blues after coming to Roma.After joining Chelsea's academy ranks long back in 2004, Abraham scored 30 goals in two years as his boys' club's number nine. But the 23-year-old's future became uncertain halfway through last season and his fate was sealed by Romelu Lukaku returning £ 97.5 million.He has now switched £ 34 million to Roma, where boss Jose Mourinho has already praised…

Manchester United defender Phil Jones is bizarrely still part of Ole Gunnar Solskjær's plans for this season after playing his first football in 19 months in a completed training match this week.Jones has not played a competitive first-team match since January 2020 when he lined up for United in a 6-0 battle against Tranmere in the FA Cup.The 29-year-old, who is rumored to have refused to give up his jersey number four for the new recruit Raphael Varane, has been plagued by long-term knee problems and underwent surgery this…

Arsenal have agreed a fee with Real Madrid for Martin Odegaard, 90min has learned.We exclusively revealed last week that the two clubs were back in talks about the transfer of the Norwegian captain, and now sources close to the club have confirmed that the talks have been completed and he looks set to return to the Premier League.The 23-year-old comes with a deal worth 40 million euros - only shy of 35 million pounds - which makes Odegaard the most expensive Norwegian of all time in the process.While the two clubs have been…

Liverpool secured their Premier League title on a trouble-free start with a 3-0 win at newly promoted Norwich City. Diogo Jota opened the scoring in the 26th minute, having been selected to start alongside Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane up front. Roberto Firmino, recently back in training after Brazil's run to the Copa America final, replaced Jota with an hour played at Carrow Road and quickly got on the scoresheet. Salah claimed the two assists - the second apparently much more intentional than the first - and duly stepped…

Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk has revealed the difficult mental hurdle he had to overcome on his return from injury and warned it would take time to reach his peak form as he is "not a robot". The Netherlands international traveled the 90 minutes of Saturday's 3-0 victory at Norwich City in Liverpool's opener of the 2021-22 Premier League campaign - his first competitive outing since October 2020. Van Dijk had started every league game for the Reds in the previous two campaigns but suffered anterior cruciate…

Arsenal continue to grow in confidence ahead of a deal to sign Real Madrid midfielder Martin Odegaard, who spent the second half of last season on loan at the Emirates Stadium.Despite Arsenal's desire to keep him, Odegaard returned to Madrid at the end of the campaign in hopes of establishing himself with Los Blancos.But the 22-year-old Norwegian, who is liked by Real coach Carlo Ancelotti, is unlikely to have the command in the usual place he longs for and is free to leave if a deal can be agreed.90min revealed earlier this…